HMS Amethyst (1793)

History
France
Name	Perle
Namesake	Pearl
Ordered	1789
Builder	Toulon Dockyard
Laid down	June 1789
Launched	27 August 1790
Fate	Handed over to the Royal Navy in August 1793
Great Britain
Name	HMS Amethyst
Acquired	August 1793
Fate	Wrecked 30 December 1795
General characteristics
Class & type	Minerve-class frigate
Displacement	1362 tons (French; loaded)
Tons burthen	102880⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall:150 ft 4 in (45.8 m); Keel:124 ft 6 in (37.9 m);
Beam	39 ft 5 in (12.0 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 10+1⁄2 in (3.9 m)
Complement	French Navy:324; Royal Navy:300;
Armament	French Navy:; 26 × 18-pounder long guns; SD:10–14 × 8-pounder long guns; Royal Navy:; Upper deck:28 × 18-pounder guns; QD:10 × 6-pounder guns + 6 × 32-pounder carronades; Fc:2 × 6-pounder guns;

HMS Amethyst was launched in 1790 as the French frigate Perle. The British Royal Navy took possession of her at Toulon in 1793. She was wrecked in 1795 at Alderney.

History

France
Name	Perle
Namesake	Pearl
Ordered	1789
Builder	Toulon Dockyard
Laid down	June 1789
Launched	27 August 1790
Fate	Handed over to the Royal Navy in August 1793
Great Britain
Name	HMS Amethyst
Acquired	August 1793
Fate	Wrecked 30 December 1795
General characteristics
Class & type	Minerve-class frigate
Displacement	1362 tons (French; loaded)
Tons burthen	102880⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall:150 ft 4 in (45.8 m) Keel:124 ft 6 in (37.9 m)
Beam	39 ft 5 in (12.0 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 10+1⁄2 in (3.9 m)
Complement	French Navy:324 Royal Navy:300
Armament	French Navy: 26 × 18-pounder long guns SD:10–14 × 8-pounder long guns Royal Navy: Upper deck:28 × 18-pounder guns QD:10 × 6-pounder guns + 6 × 32-pounder carronades Fc:2 × 6-pounder guns